Death Penalty Rejected In Killings

The Washington Post;  June 7, 2007 ;     667 words ......candidate for the death penalty. "I hope the...Connell III, one of Gooch's defense attorneys...going to have a death penalty, it needs to...trial showed Gooch was an "enforcer...on whether the death penalty applied to Gooch. The threshold...

Death penalty sought against D.C. man; Capital murder trials rare in...

The Washington Times;  September 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......notice of intent to seek the death penalty against Gooch, a decision requiring the...makes Gooch eligible for the death penalty. Gooch's attorneys, Jensen E. Barber...continually rejected the death penalty. In Gooch's case, Mr. Barber also...

Jury sought in death-penalty case; M Street Crew member accused of killing...

The Washington Times;  January 8, 2007 ;     693 words ......enforcement. Mr. Gooch's case marks...law barring the death penalty, Mr. Gooch faces execution...debate about the death penalty in the District...throw out the death penalty. Prosecutors say the death penalty is justified in the case of Mr. Gooch, ...

Death penalty trial begins; 'Enforcer' cited in gang...

The Washington Times;  February 8, 2007 ;     640 words ......Gooch. If convicted, Mr. Gooch could face the death penalty in a case that is already...margin. D.C. law bars the death penalty. But because Mr. Gooch is charged in federal...decision to seek the death penalty in the Gooch case. Yesterday, Mr...

Ruling allows death penalty; Case to stay in federal court.(METROPOLITAN)

The Washington Times;  December 26, 2006 ;     586 words ......means that Larry Gooch will be tried in just the third death penalty case in the District...case, only Mr. Gooch faces a possible death penalty. The Justice...intent to seek the death penalty, a decision approved...Gonzales. Mr. Gooch is charged in...

GOP-controlled Legislature in position to reconsider death penalty...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Legislature in position to reconsider death penalty Debate over lifting 150-year ban could...year: the state's 150-year ban on the death penalty. Recalling the Washington-area sniper...will introduce a bill to establish a death penalty by lethal injection "only for the hard-co...

Gang 'enforcer' guilty of murder; Man faces death penalty.(METROPOLITAN)

The Washington Times;  June 2, 2007 ;     403 words ......banned in the District, Gooch could get the death penalty because he has been...of intent to seek the death penalty against Gooch, a decision that had...defendant facing the death penalty. Prosecutors said Gooch shot Miss Miller and...

Gang enforcer won't face death penalty; Doubt persists on killings'...

The Washington Times;  June 7, 2007 ;     471 words ......will not face the death penalty, a federal jury...doubt that Larry Gooch, 27, killed two...questioned bringing the death penalty against Gooch. My belief is that the death penalty should be reserved...jury's decision ends Gooch's long-running...reinstatement of ...

City fights release of juvenile records; Death-penalty defense...

The Washington Times;  May 4, 2007 ;     400 words ......detention facility. Mr. Gooch faces the death penalty if convicted of racketeering...of intent to seek the death penalty against Mr. Gooch in 2005, a decision...by prosecutors of Mr. Gooch as an enforcer. Death penalty trials are rare in the...

Death Penalty Opposition Seen as Impolitic in '92; Strong Public Backing...

The Washington Post;  April 22, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Support for the death penalty has become so strong that liberal...nominate somebody against the death penalty and . . . be viable," said Stephen...prominent Democrats to oppose the death penalty. Interviewed after yesterday's...

MOST CANDIDATES WRONG ON DEATH PENALTY.(EDITORIAL)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 1, 2008 ;     655 words ...Byline: John Nichols The death penalty is a ridiculously ineffective and...Republican presidential nominations are death penalty supporters - or, perhaps even more objectionably, they are death penalty apologists. One candidate, Mike Huckabee...

KEEP WISCONSIN DEATH-PENALTY FREE.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  February 11, 2006 ;     374 words ......items in the newspaper on the death penalty included common misconceptions. It is wrong to think that the death penalty might act as a deterrent to committing...show that for states with the death penalty, the homicide rate is higher...

The Death Penalty -- Not in the District

The Washington Post;  June 15, 1997 ;     622 words ...The death penalty is not a solution to the District...by The Post found support for the death penalty, it was a flawed poll because it...included in other polls, support for the death penalty dropped dramatically. In addition...

Death penalty ban to stay until session

Capital (Annapolis);  August 23, 2007 ;     629 words ......O'Malley reiterated his opposition to the death penalty yesterday, saying he won't move forward...victims alike because it leaves the death penalty in limbo. Legislation to ban the death penalty will be introduced this session. He...

READERS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY.(SPECTRUM)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ...TODAY'S TOPIC DEATH PENALTY REFERENDUM VOTERS IN WISCONSIN...WHETHER THEY SUPPORT REINSTATING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLERS CONVICTED USING DNA...fine for 153 years without the death penalty. Too many innocents are wrongfully...